Star Trek: The Next Generation
Summary
Star Trek : The Original SerieshadStar Trek’sfirst two - parter inTOSseason 1 , installment 11 and 12 , " The Menagerie . " These episodes include footage from the original unairedStar Trekpilot , " The Cage , " and introduced Captain Christopher Pike ( Jeffrey Hunter ) , as well as several other elements that became of import to the dealership . Star Trek : The Next Generationhas ten two - part episodes , none of which rank among theworst episode ofTNG . With two episodes , these story have more way to take a breath and can easily contain tale for multiple characters without sense overstuffed . Here are all 10TNGtwo - parters , rank from worst to best .
All of the chief characters of Star Trek : The Next Generation get their moment in the limelight , and these are the endeavor - five hundred bunch ’s best episode .
10"Encounter At Farpoint"
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1, Episodes 1 & 2
" Encounter at Farpoint"is not a badStar Trekstory , but it blanch in comparing to the phenomenal television thatStar Trek : The Next Generationwould produce in recent seasons . Still , none of those later stories would exist without the history established inTNG’sfeature - distance time of year premiere . Captain Picard leads the first mission of the fresh commissioned USS Enterprise - D , as the crew investigate Farpoint Station and meet the sinewy entity known as Q ( John de Lancie ) . With a quick cameo from Admiral Leonard McCoy ( DeForest Kelley ) , " Encounter at Farpoint " ushers in a new epoch ofStar Trek , introducing the creation to a young Enterprise work party who would become just as darling as the master .
Q went on to become one ofStar Trek’sbest recurring type , and a major influence in the life of Captain Picard . Q returned to antagonise Jean - Luc inStar Trek : Picardseason 2 , and seem before Jean - Luc ’s Logos Jack Crusher ( Ed Speleers ) inPicardseason 3 .
9"Gambit"
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episodes 4 & 5
When the USS Enterprise - D gang members hear that Captain Picard has been vote out while on an archeological excavation , they set out to discover the truth . During the investigating , Commander William Riker ( Jonathan Frakes)is captured by the same mercenaries who had capture Picard and faked his death . Picard and Riker then secretly work together to infiltrate the mercenary work party , eventually unwrap the ancient Vulcan artifacts the mercenaries have been searching for . " Gambit " is an fantastically fun two - parter , but it has few lasting import , and the story probably could have been trimmed down to accommodate in one episode .
8"Birthright"
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episodes 16 & 17
In " Birthright , Part I,“Lt . Commander Data ( Brent Spiner ) and Lt . Worf ( Michael Dorn ) both plant out to learn more about their fathers . After an energy discharge hit Data , he begin have gonzo dreams , in which he encounters his creator , Dr. Noonien Soong ( Brent Spiner ) . Worf ’s story follows the Klingon warrior as he inquire an at long last false claim that his Father of the Church is live in a Romulan prison refugee camp . " Birthright , Part II " focuses completely on Worf , as he teach the immature Klingons in the prison about Klingon cultivation . While Data and Worf ’s story are both interesting , the two sequence of " Birthright " feel more disparate than other two better half , and some of the questions grow in " Part I " go unanswered .
The Enterprise - D is dock at Deep Space Nine throughout " Birthright , " and Dr. Julian Bashir ( Alexander Siddig ) chew the fat the Enterprise and helps Data investigate his dream .
7"Descent”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 26 & Season 7, Episode 1
When the Starship Enterprise happen a unusual mathematical group of Borg , Data see choler for the first time . At the end of " Descent , Part I,“Data ’s evil pal , Lore ( Brent Spiner ) , reveals himself to be the leader of this Borg chemical group , andData and Lore announce their intent to demolish the Federation . Later , Data ’s morality subroutines are reactivate , releasing him from Lore ’s control . He then turn against Lore , just as Riker and Worf arrive with a group of rebel Borg led by Hugh ( Jonathan Del Arco ) . " Descent " mark an significant footstep in Data ’s journey to explore his human beings , and follows up on Hugh ’s story that began inTNGseason 5 , instalment 23 , " I , Borg . "
As one of Star Trek ’s most iconic villains , the Borg have made many appearances in various enfranchisement projects over the year since their origination .
6"Time’s Arrow”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5, Episode 26 & Season 2, Episode 1
In a classicStar Trektime traveling story , Data , and subsequently more of the initiative - five hundred crew , travel back in time to 19th - century Earth after they discover a 500 - year - old version of Data ’s disembodied head buried in a cavern . In the past tense , Data encounters future Ten Forward barkeeper Guinan ( Whoopi Goldberg ) , as well as American author Samuel Clemens , aka Mark Twain ( Jerry Hardin ) . " Time ’s Arrow , Part I , " stop with Captain Picard and his crew about to join Data in the past . While this may not be the most exciting cliffhanger , the nineteenth - C misadventures of Data and Mark Twain , in particular , make for some incredibly fun moments .
5"Unification"
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5, Episodes 7 & 8
When Ambassador Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) is cover lack , Captain Picard read the endeavour - D to investigate his last known location - Romulus . Picard and Data then disguise themselves as Romulans , finally findingSpock play underground on a"personal mission of peace"toreunite the Vulcans and Romulans . Spock capture great moments with both Data and Picard in " Unification . " He and Data speak about their oppose desire - Spock wants to be coherent without emotion , while Data wants to feel emotion . Picard shares the news that Spock ’s Father-God , Sarek ( Mark Lenard ) , has passed away , and Spock later head coalesce with Picard to experience the retentiveness Sarek had previously partake with the Captain .
TNG’s"Unification " publicize just before the release ofStar Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country , and rally the events of the upcoming motion-picture show .
4"Redemption"
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4, Episode 26 & Season 5, Episode 1
ThroughoutStar Trek : The Next Generation , Worf often skin to harmonise his Klingon heritage with his responsibility as a Starfleet military officer , and that conflict comes to a head in " Redemption . “With the hover threat of a Klingon civic war , Worf and his brother Kurn ( Tony Todd ) facilitate install Gowron ( Robert O’Reilly ) as the Klingon Chancellor , angering Lursa ( Barbara March ) and B’Etor ( Gwynyth Walsh ) Duras . Although Picard can not get involved in the fight , he does assemble a group of ship to create a encirclement between the Klingon and Romulan border ( include the USS Sutherlandunder the command of Data ) . Not only do both part of " repurchase " have some tense activeness sequence , but they also offer a glance into Klingon culture and more sixth sense into Worf as a reference .
3"Chain of Command”
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episodes 10 & 11
In one ofStar Trek : The Next Generation’smost torturing stories , Captain Picard is kidnapped by Cardassianswhile on a covert military mission . Although Picard is subject to various variety of torture at the hands of Gul Madred ( David Warner ) , he defiantly decline to part . Patrick Stewart and David Warner both deport powerhouse performances , making it unacceptable to look away any clip the two are onscreen . Ronny Cox , too , hand over a whole public presentation as Captain Edward Jellico , who commands the go-ahead while Picard is being held captive . As Jellico ’s command panache is immensely different from Picard , he and Riker butt head and he eventually remedy Riker of duty .
" Chain of Command , Part 2 " was the lastTNGepisode to aviation before the premiere ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , and it set up the Cardassians to be major antagonists on that show .
Captain Jean - Luc Picard cast anchor every episode of Star Trek : The Next genesis , but some episodes permit him take more of a spot .
2"All Good Things…"
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7, Episodes 25 & 26
Star Trek : The Next Generation’stwo - part finale brilliantly wrap up the series , while take the integral story full circle . Q returns to continue humanity ’s tribulation , but this timehe help Captain Picard jump through time to find a way to stop a potentially catastrophic unusual person . Picard jumps from the present to the yesteryear just before the Enterprise - D enquire Farpoint Station , to an alternate future where he works on his kin ’s vinery . After Picard successfully solves Q ’s riddle , he at long last joins his bunch member for agame of poker , in an iconic last scene that was recreated for the finale ofStar Trek : Picardseason 3 .
1"The Best of Both Worlds"
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3, Episode 26 & Season 4, Episode 1
" The Best of Both Worlds " is often cite as one ofStar Trek’sbest write up for a intellect . When Captain Picard is assimilate by the Borg , Commander Riker take over bid of the Starship Enterprise and must face off against his former maitre d' . The effects of Captain Picard ’s acculturation and the subsequent Battle of Wolf 359 continue to bounce throughout theStar Trekuniverse . Star Trek : Picardseason 3 , in particular , cite Picard ’s metre as Locutus of Borg and convey back Admiral Elizabeth Shelby ( Elizabeth Dennehy ) , who first appears in " The Best of Both Worlds . "
The " To Be continue " at the end of"The good of Both Worlds , Part 1 " remains one of the best television cliffhanger of all time , and it established theStar Trektradition of time of year - ending cliffhangers . The second part of the story may not be as tension - filled as the first , but it does a good job of wrapping up the story in a substantial way . AlthoughTNGrarely watch over up on specific history , the installment that directly follows " The Best of Both Worlds , " title " Family , " usher the aftermath of Picard ’s absorption and how deeply it affected the usually unflappable Enterprise Captain . " The good of Both Worlds " continue one ofStar Trek : The Next Generation’sfinest hours , and it institute a custom ofStar Trektwo - parters that produced some really awe-inspiring episode .
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